Political Science · International Relations
To understand the knowledge-power relation, feminists, critical thinkers and post-colonial thinkers have used the discursive analysis of which thinker?
AJacques Derrida
BMichel Foucault ✓ Correct
CNicholas Onuf
DJean-Francois Lyotard
Correct answer: (B) Michel Foucault — They have used the discursive analysis of Michel Foucault.
Explanation
★They have used the discursive analysis of Michel Foucault.
★Foucault explained the nexus of power and knowledge.
★He showed how discourse shapes what counts as truth.
★Feminists used his analysis to expose gendered power.
★Critical and post-colonial thinkers used it to expose domination.
★His idea of power-knowledge is central to these schools.
★So the answer is Michel Foucault.
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